source file of the Flower Library
- (c) 1997--1999 Han-Wen Nienhuys <hanwen@cs.uu.nl>
+ (c) 1997--2004 Han-Wen Nienhuys <hanwen@cs.uu.nl>
*/
#define VIRTUAL_METHODS_HH
#include <typeinfo>
-#include "stdlib.h" // size_t
-#define classname(class_ptr) demangle_classname(typeid(*(class_ptr)).name())
+#define classname(class_ptr) demangle_classname (typeid (*(class_ptr)))
const char *
-demangle_classname (const char*);
-
-/**
-
- Virtual copy constructor. Make up for C++'s lack of a standard
- clone() function. Uses a typeof hack. Usage:
-
- class Foo : Baseclass {
- VIRTUAL_COPY_CONS(Baseclass);
- };
-
- */
-#define VIRTUAL_COPY_CONS(base) virtual base *clone () const { return new typeof(*this) (*this); }
-
-#endif
+demangle_classname (std::type_info const &);
+
+/* Virtual copy constructor. Make up for C++'s lack of a standard
+ factory or clone () function. Uses a typeof hack. Usage:
+
+ class Foo : Baseclass
+ {
+ VIRTUAL_COPY_CONSTRUCTOR (Baseclass, Foo);
+ }; */
+
+#define VIRTUAL_COPY_CONSTRUCTOR(base, name) \
+ /* Hack to fix constness: gcc >= 2.95 is correct in defining \
+ typeof (*this) in a const member function to be const. */ \
+ virtual base* clone_const_helper () \
+ { \
+ return new name (*this); \
+ } \
+ virtual base *clone () const \
+ { \
+ /* return new name (*this); */ \
+ base *urg = (base*) this; \
+ return urg->clone_const_helper (); \
+ }
+
+#endif /* VIRTUAL_METHODS_HH */